Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Sirius Pottering for Harry Potter fans

While J.K. Rowling
has kindly given us Pottermore to
quench our thirst for all things Hogwartz after the end of the series, fans are
hard at work in creating their own take on the history of the saga. Enter Sirius Black and The Secret Keeper. An
un-official prequel to the Rowling books, Secret
Keeper was directed, written and produced by Adam VillaSenor and grants the
viewer the added back story of how Sirius Black was going to be used as the
secret keeper for Harry’s parents location. The location was instead eventually
given to Peter “Wormtail” Pettigrew.

The web series begins
with Bellatrix Lestrange torturing Thomas and Marlene McKinnon hoping to obtain
the whereabouts of the Potter family. Without giving too much away, Sirius
Black shows up and this is where the action begins.

Reymond Villasenor
not only resembles Sirius, but has a good grasp of the gestures and movements
that Gary Oldman put into the character in the movies. The special effects are
top-notch and given that it’s a fan-made film it’s pretty astounding. While
reminiscent of the John Williams score, the music retains the feel of the
movies and doesn’t have that cheap rip-off feel.

Beyond the sheer
enjoyment of watching episode one which can be found herehttp://www.itallbegins.com/ , even more amazing is the recovery
that director Adam VillaSenor made after he hit his head on concrete and suffered
amnesia for 4 months. The writer/producer had to not only be reminded of what
he was working on but the process as well. He had to re-learn everything, so
kudos to Adam for not quitting and continuing his dream.

Speaking of dreams,
his is to continue the series and he needs your help to do that. If you’d like
to learn more about this project and how you can help, visit http://www.itallbegins.com/.

*Leonardo Ramirez is an author of Science Fiction and
Fantasy. His new Children’s Steampunk book, The
Jupiter Chronicles is available for pre-order now on Amazon. Please visit http://leonardoverse.com for more info.